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Give me a break my man. Just because you live in an old industrial city does not mean you have to live in the ghetto. There are plenty of nice older neighborhoods to live in that are clean and well maintained. There are also brand new areas to be found with "new identical strip malls on every corner, new cookie-cutter homes, and well-maintained roads" if that is your thing.
Who said anything about a ghetto? Have you ever been to the Rust Belt. That describes regular, working-class neighborhoods, as well.
I just know that the cookie cutter sprawl that so many people on the forum abhor is where I prefer to live.
translation = I'm narrow minded and my way is the only way of thinking. Anybody with different tastes is crazy because I'm close minded.
Awesome...... great way to put it....
Of Course people are gonna like different types of weather, climate, enviornment..... Just because he doesn't like Cold weather... doesn't mean everybody is crazy for liking a little variation lol.... so true
Who said anything about a ghetto? Have you ever been to the Rust Belt. That describes regular, working-class neighborhoods, as well.
I just know that the cookie cutter sprawl that so many people on the forum abhor is where I prefer to live.
Your exact words were "Old, ugly homes, broken infrastructure, and decaying factories?". Sounds like you described a rough area to me. I grew up in pretty much the epicenter of the rust belt and I assure you most neighborhoods that are middle class or better are not like this. Whether someone considers a home ugly or not is personal preference.
I have lived in both extreme cold and in very hot climates. I prefer warm/tropical, but I know people that like it the other way around. If you prefer winter sports..a prerequisite is winter..I'm a water bug and prefer tropical climates. I was a lousy skier anyway :-)...never could get good at skiing on packed powder (ice). Cross country and Snow Catting is fun..but I would rather snorkel every weekend and go to the cold a a few days a year than the other way around. I guess that's why there are 187 different salad dressings...to each his/her own.
This might be the best quote Ive ever read on this forum. Hilarious, had me laughing out loud for a good minute or two...
Secondly, what you described sounds like a rap video and not reality. Why are you posting on this stupid forum in the first place if you have beautiful bikini-clad women applying sunscreen and serving you Southern BBQ, poolside?
jj, while those northerners are cooped up inside their houses doing nothing but over-eating and studying, southererns are barbecuing, chillaxin by the pool, enjoying the sun with some fine ladies, etc. I'll take the southern lifestyle thank you very much!
Relaxing by the pool in winter? Only if you're in the Florida keys, and that's a big "if".
It gets cold here in the south. This winter has been the coldest in ten years. Here in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, we had a number of days where the low temps were down in the single digits and teens. We at least had 20 days where the temperature didn't break 40 degrees. We had around 40 days where the temperature didn't break 50 degrees.
It's not exactly warm in much of the South. It's warmer, in saying that it's not 20 degrees for a high, but instead is 45 degrees for a high, but it's still not warm, such as you'll find in South Florida with temps around 65-75 degrees for a high during late January or February.
Why don't you attend one of the vast array of institutions of higher education in the South? Could it possibly be because even down there a degree from literally any college in the North is still more respected than a degree from Ole Miss or LSU?
What's wrong with Ole Miss or LSU?
Literally any college up north? LOL
You do realize that we do have Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Duke, Emory, as well as many other institutions which "blow the socks off" of Wisconsin, Illinois or whatever random school that you put forth. Sure, there are some high end universities up north, but so there are also such down south.
unless we're talking about thick evergreen bushes and trees, don't you hate the "dead" look of everything in winter as all life is basically suspended and plant growth grows dormant? walking around in lush environments with creepy crawlers and birds chirping has a great effect on the experience one has. in the north (chicago anyway), the end of october through march is pretty much "dead time." i guess it makes spring time more exciting when i see things like robins returning and bushes starting to bud.
Looking out my window, here in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, here on April 7, the trees appear mostly bare, with some early budding and growth. However, it's not lush by any means. The only trees that are completely out are the "pear trees" that people purchase from a place like Home Depot and plant theirselves.
In Atlanta, it's pretty much "dead time" from mid November to the end of March.
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